RIP: Melvin Bliss, soul singer known for the much-sampled "Synthetic Substitution" By Shane Mack · July 27, 2010
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone plan final tour, effectively dismantle the entire genre of sad-sack casiocore By E. Nagurney · July 27, 2010
Wan bemul! (That’s an anagram for “new album” from Mice Parade, itself an anagram for Adam Pierce) By Erika H · July 27, 2010
J. Tillman was going to shower, but he decided to release a new album instead By Annapocalypse · July 26, 2010
Bottomless Pit reveal sophomore album Blood Under the Bridge; real bottomless pit revealed to be not bottomless at all, just really deep By E. Nagurney · July 26, 2010
Sean Ono Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl to release debut as Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger; win award for worst band name since Dogs Die in Hot Cars By Erika H · July 26, 2010
Sam Prekop thwarts amusing headline attempts with his annoyingly cool news of a new solo LP, Sea and Cake dates with Broken Social Scene By Dan Smart · July 23, 2010
Tim Kasher of Cursive announces debut solo album The Game of Monogamy By Annapocalypse · July 23, 2010
Billy Corgan collapses at a Smashing Pumpkins show in Florida, SP still plan to play Matthew Leone benefit concert By Erika H · July 23, 2010
Three Mile Pilot plan new album for the fall, reverse their strictly-held policy of not releasing a new album By E. Nagurney · July 23, 2010
Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart and Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg form Blue Water White Death, because …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead was already taken By Annapocalypse · July 22, 2010
Marnie Stern to blow chillwave bands off their surfboards with new album in October By Annapocalypse · July 22, 2010
Jimi Hendrix has gotten enough posthumous praise, so let’s give him a posthumous lawsuit! Former bandmate sues By Kid Midnight · July 22, 2010
2 Thurston Moore collaborates with Bernie Sanders campaign on new song, offers free vinyl to campaign contributors
5 Rudy Stone announces new album “The Blinking Light/Peace on Earth,” premieres video for album track “Rudy’s Dream”
2 John Peel’s record collection soon to be made available online as virtual museum… those poor BBC interns
5 Thurston Moore collaborates with Bernie Sanders campaign on new song, offers free vinyl to campaign contributors